Earthworms have long been associated with healthy, productive soils. In his 1881 book entitled. "The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms," the great biologist Charles Darwin ...
Earthworms are the engineers of the soil, bringing benefits to farmers The first global atlas of earthworms has been compiled, based on surveys at 7,000 sites in 56 countries. The findings will ...
Emma Sherlock, Curator of Free-living Worms at the Museum, explains why we should love earthworms more. Find out what you could unearth in your garden and how to entice your new friends to the surface ...
A study has found that earthworms are adversely affected by bio-based materials that are being used as an environmentally friendly alternatives to plastics. Bio-based materials - which are used in ...